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Order Your Long-Lost Favorites With the Taco Bell Secret Menu

In the now-time honored tradition of menu hacking, the Taco Bell secret menu will let you order things your way, including some popular discontinued items. The fast food chain is getting behind the endless options idea with a customizable menu, which makes it easy to get your food exactly how you want it (and try some pretty wild combos in the process).

Here’s a tip when you’re ordering a secret menu item — if it’s a discontinued item, the employee may or may not know it by name, so be prepared to ask for all the different ingredients and do a little bit of DIY work. And remember, politeness goes a long way. Help your Taco Bellhelp you and you’ll be more likely to get exactly what you want.

1. The Cheesarito

Melted cheese, scallions, and taco sauce all wrapped up in a soft tortilla: What’s not to like? You may have to order a bean burrito without the beans and with extra cheese to get this perfect snack (or you could order the Cheesy Roll Up, which is close to Cheesarito).

The Enchirito used to be on Taco Bell’s menu, so if you order it, you may get someone who knows exactly what this cross between a burrito and an enchilada is. If not, you can order an enchilada stuffed with beans, beef, and cheese (basically, an enchilada stuffed with a burrito).

3. The Hulk

Of course, this Taco Bell secret menu item is all about the guac. Order a bean and cheese burrito and ask them to add guacamole to it, because the green stuff makes everything taste better.

4. The Incredible Hulk

For a next level hulk on the secret menu, order a five-layer burrito and replace the nacho cheese with guacamole.

5. The Chili Cheese Burrito

Also known as the Chilito, this is another used-to-be menu item that the Mexican chain discontinued back in the 90s. However, it has a good-sized fan base and individual stores can sell it if they like. If your local store doesn’t sell chili (which is the key ingredient in a Chili Cheese Burrito), you can sort of hack it by asking them to mix red sauce and ground beef into a cheese burrito.

6. Double Grilled Quesadilla

A simple, but effective, hack. Ask for your quesadilla to be grilled twice and you’ll get a perfect, crunchy tortilla around your quesadilla goodness.

7. The Superman

For the stomach of steel, there’s The Superman. Ask for a double-beef burrito loaded with sour cream, guacamole, tortilla strips, and extra potatoes. And just a suggestion, but maybe save this one for lunch instead of a late night snack.

8. Fresco Style

Taco Bell is making a real effort to offer healthy choices, so if you’re looking for a lower-fat and lower calorie option, order your menu item “Fresco Style.” They’ll replace the cheese, sour cream, mayo-based sauces, and guacamole with pico de gallo.

9. Doritos Shell Anything

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Of course taco shells made out of Doritos are a good idea. So changing up your regular old taco shell to a Nacho Cheese Doritos, Cool Ranch, or Fiery Doritos taco shell is an outstanding hack. You can order it straight off the menu with the Cheesy Gordita Crunch or one of the Doritos Locos Tacos, but you can also switch out any crunchy taco shell for one with the Doritos kick.

10. Lava Sauce

This Taco Bell secret menu hack is a DIY version of the discontinued Lava Sauce. Simply mix a side of nacho cheese sauce with two or three packets of fire sauce and you’re good to go to Lava Sauce anything.